Yves Smith

For most of the history of robotics, contests between robots and humans have been entertaining precisely because they were so unequal.

Yves here. Remember that Radek Sikorski is ferociously anti-Russia, so trying to find a too-obvious way to get Polish boots in the ground in Ukraine is in character:

Yves here. I hope you will appreciate this meaty offering by Joseph Busby of the Reality-Based Analysis Group on Iran's strategic reasoning and priorities.

“May you live in interesting times.” So says the apocryphal Chinese proverb that may well have been more properly attributed to Austen and Neville

Dear patient readers, Your humble blogger did not want to compete with a fine Iran conflict background article from Reality-Based Analysis

Yves here. This post uses Chippewa Falls as a case study in how a vigilant municipality took steps to assure that its water was safe…yet citizens

The South Carolina special election to replace the late, great, peace-loving US Senator Lindsey Graham was held last night — this was a runoff after

Yves here. In a recent article, Satyajit Das looked at the question of what exactly is a political film, beyond those that are explicitly about political practice.

[Today's Iran war post launched largely done but I had to go out. Please return at 8:30 AM EDT for the final version]

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